Mr. Michael B. Donley| Gen. Norton A. Schwartz | Gen C. Robert Kehler |
Gen Arthur J. Lichte | CMSAF Rodney J. McKinley | Lt Gen Craig R. McKinley |
Lt Gen James G Roudebush | Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr | Lt Gen Donald C. Wurster |
Maj Gen Allan R. Poulin | Chaplain (Major General) Cecil R. Richardson
Mr. Peter Baker | Mr. Bill Boisture | Mr. Dale Brown | Mr. Napoleon Byars |
Amb Peter Chaveas | Dr. Bernard D. Cole | Dr. Neil Daswani | Dr. Ruth David |
Col William Drennan, USAF (Ret) | Dr. Rebecca Grant | Mr. James Hagedorn | Dr. Richard Hallion |
Gen Richard Hawley, USAF (Ret) | Michael V. Hayden | Dr. Linda Henman
Dr. Howard Hensel | Dr. Nayantara Hensel |
Dr. Lani Kass | General Ronald Keys, USAF (Ret) |
General Richard Myers, USAF (Ret) |
Dr. Robert Pape |
General Michael Ryan (Ret) | Dr. Raymond Tanter | Mr. Michael Vickers
Mr. Michael B. Donley
Acting Secretary of the Air Force
Mr. Michael B. Donley is the Acting Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. He was designated by the President to perform the duties of this position, effective June 21, 2008. His formal nomination to be Secretary is pending in the U.S. Senate. He is responsible for the affairs of the Department of the Air Force, including the organizing, training, equipping and providing for the welfare of its more than 300,000 men and women on active duty, 180,000 members of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve, 160,000 civilians, and their families. Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Donley served as the Director of Administration and Management in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Mr. Donley was Senior Fellow at the Institute for Defense Analyses where he was a Senior Consultant to the Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces and participated in two studies on the organization of the Joint Staff and the Office of the Chairman, JCS. Prior to this position, he served as the Acting Secretary of the Air Force for seven months. Mr. Donley supported two Presidents and five National Security Advisers during his service at the National Security Council. He was also a Professional Staff Member on the Senate Armed Services Committee. Mr. Donley earned both Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in international relations from the University of Southern California.
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General Norton A. Schwartz
Air Force Chief of Staff
Gen. Norton A. Schwartz has been confirmed as the 19th Air Force Chief of Staff. As Chief, he serves as the senior uniformed Air Force officer responsible for the organization, training and equipage of nearly 700,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the general and other service chiefs function as military advisers to the Secretary of Defense, National Security Council and the President. Prior to this appointment he was the Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, USTRANSCOM. General Schwartz attended the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has served as Commander of the Special Operations Command-Pacific, as well as Alaskan Command, Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, and the 11th Air Force. General Schwartz also served as the Director of the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C. General Schwartz is a command pilot with more than 4,200 flying hours in a variety of aircraft. He participated as a crewmember in the 1975 airlift evacuation of Saigon, and in 1991 served as Chief of Staff of the Joint Special Operations Task Force for Northern Iraq in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In 1997, he led the Joint Task Force that prepared for the noncombatant evacuation of U.S. citizens in Cambodia.
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General C. Robert Kehler
Commander, Air Force Space Command
Gen. C. Robert "Bob" Kehler is Commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. He is responsible for the development, acquisition and operation of the Air Force's space and missile systems. He leads more than 39,700 space professionals who provide combat forces and capabilities to North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Strategic Command. General Kehler entered the Air Force in 1975 as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force ROTC program. He has commanded at the squadron, group and wing levels, and has a broad range of operational and command tours in ICBM operations, space launch, space operations, missile warning and space control. . As Director of the National Security Space Office, he integrated the activities of a number of space organizations on behalf of the Under Secretary of the Air Force and Director, National Reconnaissance Office. Most recently, as Deputy Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, he helped provide the President and Secretary of Defense with a broad range of strategic capabilities and options for the joint warfighter through several diverse mission areas, including space operations, integrated missile defense, computer network operations and global strike.
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General Arthur J. Lichte
Commander, Air Mobility Command
Gen. Arthur J. Lichte is Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Air Mobility Command's mission is to provide rapid, global mobility and
sustainment for America's armed forces. The command also plays a crucial role in providing humanitarian support at home and around the world. General Lichte
hails from The Bronx, N.Y., where he graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School and entered the Air Force in 1971 as a distinguished graduate of Manhattan
College's ROTC program. During his Air Force career, General Lichte has held command positions at squadron, group and wing levels. He is a command pilot with
more than 4,000 flying hours in various aircraft. Prior to assuming his current position, General Lichte served as Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director,
Air Force Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for Air Staff organization and administration, served as Deputy Chairman
of the Air Force Council, and was the Air Force accreditation official for the Corps of Air Attachés.
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Chief Master Sergeant
Rodney J. McKinley
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley represents the highest enlisted level of leadership, and as such, provides direction for the enlisted corps
and represents their interests, as appropriate, to the American public, and to those in all levels of government. He serves as the personal adviser to the Chief of Staff
and the Secretary of the Air Force on all issues regarding the welfare, readiness, morale, and proper utilization and progress of the enlisted force. Chief McKinley is the
15th chief master sergeant appointed to the highest noncommissioned officer position. Chief McKinley originally entered the Air Force in 1974, took a break in service in
1977, and re-entered the Air Force in 1982. His background includes various duties in medical and aircraft maintenance, and as a first sergeant and command chief master
sergeant at wing, numbered air force and major command levels. The chief served overseas in the Philippines, Italy and Germany, and deployed to Southwest Asia in support
of operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Before assuming his current position, he served as Command Chief Master Sergeant, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force
Base, Hawaii. He was appointed to the position of Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force on June 30, 2006.
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Lt Gen Craig R. McKinley
Director, Air National Guard
Lt. Gen. Craig R. McKinley is Director, Air National Guard. The general is responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, plans and programs
affecting more than 106,800 Guard members in more than 88 flying units and 200 geographically separated units throughout the United States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. He has served in numerous assignments in flying and operations, as well as command positions at group, wing, sector and field
operating agency levels. He has also served as Commander, 1st Air Force, Air Combat Command, and Commander, Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command
Region, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. General McKinley is a command pilot with more than 4,000 hours, primarily in the T-38, F-106, F-16 and F-15. Additionally, General
McKinley has been pilot in command in the C-131 and C-130 Operational Support Airlift aircraft.
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Lt Gen James G Roudebush
Surgeon General of the Air Force
Lt. Gen. (Dr.) James G. Roudebush is the Surgeon General of the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. General Roudebush serves as functional
manager of the U.S. Air Force Medical Service. In this capacity, he advises the Secretary of the Air Force and Air Force Chief of Staff, as well as the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on matters pertaining to the medical aspects of the air expeditionary force and the health of Air Force people. The general
entered the Air Force in 1975 after receiving a Bachelor of Medicine degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the
University of Nebraska College Of Medicine. The general commanded a wing clinic and wing hospital before becoming Deputy Commander of the Air Force Materiel Command
Human Systems Center. He has served as Command Surgeon for U.S. Central Command, Pacific Air Forces, U.S. Transportation Command and Headquarters Air Mobility
Command. Prior to his selection as the 19th Surgeon General, he served as the Deputy Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force.
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Lt General Charles E. Stenner Jr
Chief of Air Force Reserve and Commander of Air Force Reserve Command
Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr was approved by the Senate on June 4, 2008 to receive a third star and take over as Chief of Air Force Reserve and Commander of Air Force
Reserve Command. General Stenner, who has been assistant deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and programs since July 2006, will formally assume his new posts
during a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on June 24. In his previous position General Stenner assisted in the development, integration, evaluation and analysis of the
U.S. Air Force Future Years Defense Program that exceeds $682 billion, as well as the Air Force long-range plan to support national security objectives and military
strategy. General Stenner was commissioned a second lieutenant upon completing Officer Training School in 1973. He has served in various operational and staff
assignments, including duty as an F-4C/D pilot, an F-16C pilot and an A-10 instructor pilot and operations officer. He has commanded four operations groups and two
fighter wings. The general is a command pilot with more than 3,500 flying hours in the F-4, A-10 and F-16.
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Lt Gen Donald C. Wurster
Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command
Lt. Gen. Donald C. Wurster is Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla. The command is a major command of the U.S. Air Force and the Air Force
component of U.S. Special Operations Command. AFSOC provides Air Force Special Operations Forces for worldwide deployment and assignment to unified combatant commanders.
Born in Washington, D.C., General Wurster was commissioned in 1973 upon graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. He has commanded special operations forces at the
squadron, group, wing and subunified command level, and he served as commander of all U.S. forces assigned to Joint Task Force-510 during Operation Enduring Freedom -
Philippines. Prior to his current assignment, the general was Vice Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command. General Wurster is a command pilot with more than
4,000 flying hours, including assignments in both rescue and special operations.
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Maj Gen Allan R. Poulin
Vice Commander, Air Force Reserve Command
Maj. Gen. Allan R. Poulin is Vice Commander, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command. He is responsible for the daily operations of the command. Air Force Reserve
Command supports the Air Force mission to defend the United States through control and exploitation of air and space by supporting global engagement. AFRC plays
an integral role in the day-to-day Air Force mission. General Poulin entered the Air Force after receiving his commission from the University of North Carolina's
ROTC program. He entered the Air Force Reserve unit program after 10 years active duty in a variety of assignments. In the unit program, the general has seen duty
as an instructor pilot, flight examiner, flight commander and operations officer. He has served as a squadron commander and as Vice Commander for the 482nd Fighter
Wing. In January 1996, he transitioned to the individual mobilization assistant program with assignments to the commanders of 12th Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in
Europe and Air Combat Command. Prior to assuming his current position, General Poulin was the Commander, 10th Air Force. General Poulin is a command pilot with
more than 4,500 hours in the F-4 Phantom and the F-16 Fighting Falcon, including combat missions over Southeast Asia.
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Chaplain (Major General) Cecil R. Richardson
Air Force Chief of Chaplains
Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Cecil R. Richardson is Chief of Chaplains, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. As a
member of the special staff of the Chief of Staff, he advises on all matters pertaining to the religious and moral welfare of Air Force personnel. As Chief of Chaplains,
he is the senior pastor for more than 800,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve, and civilian forces serving in the United States and overseas. He leads an Air Force Chaplain
Service of approximately 2,200 chaplains and chaplain assistants from the active and Air Reserve components. Chaplain Richardson began his career as an enlisted
intercept operator and Russian interpreter. He has experience as an assignments officer, major command division chief and as Executive Director of the Armed Forces
Chaplains Board. He later served as Command Chaplain for both the U.S. Central Command and Air Combat Command. Prior to his present position, he served as the Deputy
Chief of Air Force Chaplains.
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Mr. Peter Baker
Writer, New York Times Magazine
Peter Baker is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine based in Washington and focused on the White House. He previously served as a White House correspondent
for The Washington Post for seven years, covering President Bill Clinton's second term and later President George W. Bush's second term. In between stints at the White
House, Baker and his wife, Susan B. Glasser, were Moscow Bureau Chiefs for nearly four years. Among other stories, Baker covered the Moscow theater siege, the Beslan
school takeover and the war in Chechnya. During that time, Baker also covered the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and reported from throughout Central Asia and the Middle
East. He was the first American newspaper reporter to enter Afghanistan after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and he embedded with the Marines’ commanding general on the
road to Baghdad. Baker is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton (Scribner, 2000),
and, with Glasser, of Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the End of Revolution (Scribner, 2005).
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Mr. Bill Boisture
Bill Boisture has served as President of Intrepid Aviation Group since 2006 and is a partner in the company. From 1991 to 1993, he was President of British Aerospace
Corporate Jets and from 1989 to 1991, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Butler Aviation, the predecessor company to Signature Flight Services. From 1994
through 2003, Boisture served in various roles at Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, including President and COO, and Executive Vice President Aerospace for General
Dynamics. From 2003 to January of 2006, he was the President of NetJets. He serves a Senior Advisor in Aerospace for The Carlyle Group. He is a Director for the
Association of Graduates of the Air Force Academy, a Trustee of the Falcon Foundation and a member of World Presidents Organization. Boisture earned his B.S. in
Engineering Management from the U.S. Air Force Academy and his M.B.A. from the University of New Haven. He is a graduate of both the USAF Fighter Weapons School
and the US Navy Fighter Weapons School “Topgun” and has over 3000 hours in the F4, F14, A4 and F15 aircraft. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross w/3 Oak
Leaf Clusters and 13 Air Medals during service in Southeast Asia.
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Mr. Dale Brown
Best Selling Author
Dale Brown is the superstar author of twenty action-adventure “techno-thriller” novels including: EDGE OF BATTLE (2006), STRIKE FORCE (2007), and SHADOW COMMAND (2008).
Fourteen of his novels have been New York Times best-sellers. He is also the writer and technical consultant of the Act of War PC real-time strategy game and the
Megafortress PC flight simulator. Dale was born in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Penn State University and received an Air Force commission in 1978. He was a
navigator-bombardier in the B-52G Stratofortress heavy bomber and the FB-111A supersonic medium bomber, and is the recipient of the Air Force Commendation Medal with
oak leaf cluster, the Combat Crew Award, and the Marksmanship ribbon. Dale was also one of the nation's first Air Force ROTC cadets to qualify for and complete the
grueling three-week U.S. Army Airborne Infantry paratrooper training course. He was also an Air Force instructor on aircrew life support and combat survival, evasion,
resistance, and escape. He is a multi-engine and instrument-rated private pilot and can often be found in the skies all across the United States, piloting his own plane.
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Mr. Napoleon Byars
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina
Napoleon Byars is an Assistant Professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined
the School in July 2005. Previously he was the director of policy and communications for the Air Force Association (AFA) in Arlington, Va. He oversaw
all facets of AFA communications including media relations, marketing, Web site operations, planning for national conferences and symposia, and the
writing of national security policy papers. Prior to joining AFA, Byars was president of Creative Communications Works, a public relations consulting
company in Fairfax, Va. Before entering the private sector, Byars was a lieutenant colonel and public affairs officer in the U.S. Air Force. He has a
broad background in government communications that includes serving as public affairs officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the
Pentagon and deputy publisher for Pacific Stars and Stripes daily newspaper in Tokyo.
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Ambassador Peter Chaveas
Director, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Ambassador Chaveas was named Director to the Africa Center at the National Defense Univeristy in December, 2006. He joined the Africa Center in 2004 as Deputy Director
after retiring from the U.S. Foreign Service. He possesses more than 35 years of U.S. Government experience. His last Foreign Service assignment was as Ambassador to
the Republic of Sierra Leone. He has also served as Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi. He was the Director of the Office of West African Affairs and the Director
of the Office of Southern African Affairs at the Department of State. Ambassador Chaveas also possesses previous experience with the Department of Defense, having
served as the Political Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armed Forces in Europe. Ambassador Chaveas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He
earned a Bachelor of Arts (with honors) from Denison University and a Master of Arts from Rutgers University
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Dr. Bernard D. Cole
Professor of International History, National War College
Dr. Bernard D. Cole (Captain, USN, Ret.) is Professor of International History at the National War College in Washington, D.C., where he concentrates on the Chinese military and Asian energy issues. He previously served 30 years as a Surface Warfare Officer in the Navy, all in the Pacific. Dr. Cole commanded a frigate, USS RATHBURNE, and Destroyer Squadron 35. He served as a Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer with the THIRD Marine Division in Vietnam, and as Special Assistant to the CNO for Expeditionary Warfare. Dr. Cole has written numerous articles and five books:
Gunboats and Marines: The U.S. Navy in China; The Great Wall at Sea: China's Navy Enters the 21st Century;
Oil for the Lamps of China: Beijing's 21st Century Search for Energy;
Taiwan’s Security: History and Prospects, and Sealanes and Pipelines: Energy Security in Asia. Dr. Cole earned an A.B. in History from the University of North Carolina, an M.P.A. (National Security Affairs) from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in History from Auburn University.
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Dr. Neil Daswani
Security Program Manager, Google, Inc.
Neil Daswani, PhD, has served in a variety of research, development, teaching, and managerial roles at Google, Stanford University, Yodlee, and Telcordia Technologies
(formerly Bellcore). His areas of expertise include security, peer-to-peer systems, and wireless data technology. He has published extensively in these areas, he
frequently gives talks at industry and academic conferences, and he has been granted several US patents. He received a PhD in computer science from Stanford University.
He also holds a MS in computer science from Stanford University, and a BS in computer science with honors with distinction from Columbia University. Neil is also the
lead author of "Foundations of Security: What Every Programmer Needs To Know" (published by Apress)
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Dr. Ruth David
President & CEO, Analytic Services, Inc. (ANSER)
Dr. Ruth David is the president and chief executive officer of Analytic Services Inc., a non-profit research institute serving the national security, homeland security
and public safety communities. She initiated a strategic focus on homeland security in 1999 and established the ANSER Institute for Homeland Security in April 2001.
Analytic Services currently operates both the ANSER business units and a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security,
the Homeland Security Institute. Dr. David is a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, first established to advise the President, and now advising the Secretary
of the Department of Homeland Security. From 1995 to 1998, Dr. David was Deputy Director for Science and Technology at the Central Intelligence Agency. Prior to that,
she served in several leadership positions at Sandia National Laboratories, where she began her professional career in 1975. Dr. David received a B.S. degree Wichita State
University, an M.S. degree from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. Stanford University.
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Col William Drennan,
USAF (Ret)
Col. William M. Drennan, USAF (Ret.) is a consultant specializing in Korea Peninsula security and in open source intelligence. From 1998 to 2004 he was a program
officer and later the deputy director of research and studies at the United States Institute of Peace. His last military assignment was as a senior military fellow
at the National Defense University’s Institute for National Strategic Studies. Prior to that he was professor of national security policy at the National War College.
From 1990 to 1991 he was a Military Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City. He was stationed in Korea from 1988 to 1990 as the chief of the
strategy and policy division, J-5, U.S. Forces Korea. In the mid-1980s he served as a squadron commander at ATC Headquarters, and later deputy commander for operations,
64th Flying Training Wing, Reese AFB. From 1981 to 1984 he served in the White House as Air Force Aide to President Reagan. A command pilot, he has 3500 flying hours,
including over 800 in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and the National War College. He has a Master’s degree from
Georgetown University, and has done doctoral work at The Catholic University of America.
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Dr. Rebecca Grant
Senior Fellow, Lexington Institute
Dr. Rebecca Grant is one of the nation’s foremost airpower analysts, with nearly 20 years of experience in Washington, D.C. In the early 1990s, Dr. Grant worked in the
operations group of the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, for the Secretary of the Air Force, and for RAND Corp. In 1995, she founded IRIS Independent Research and
served as its president, in which capacity she authored The First 600 Days, (2004) The B-2 Goes to War (2001), and The Radar Game (1999), among
other titles. Dr. Grant since 1996 has written extensively for AIR FORCE Magazine and in 2002 was named a contributing editor. She is a Senior Fellow of the
Lexington Institute in Arlington, Va. Dr. Grant is the first Director of the new Gen. Billy Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies, the public policy and research
arm of the Air Force Association. Her current research interests include cyberspace, airpower in joint operations, and future defense planning.
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Mr. James Hagedorn
CEO & Chairman of the Board of The Scott’s Company
James Hagedorn is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of The Scotts Company. Mr. Hagedorn has played a crucial role in helping to
achieve record performance during his tenure with Scotts. During his 7 years with Scotts, sales have more than doubled to a record $1.7 billion.
Mr. Hagedorn joined Scotts in 1995 as Senior Vice President, Consumer Gardens Group, when the company merged with Stern’s Miracle-Gro Products, Inc.
At Miracle-Gro, Mr. Hagedorn had served as Executive Vice President and was a major architect of Miracle-Gro’s success both in the US and in the UK.
Mr. Hagedorn is a graduate of The Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program and holds a degree in Aeronautical Science from Embry Riddle
Aeronautical University. Mr. Hagedorn served in the United States Air Force for seven years and was an F-16 fighter pilot.
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Dr. Richard Hallion
Alfred Verville Fellow, National Air and Space Museum, Aeronautics Department
 Dr. Richard P. Hallion is the 2007-2008 Alfred Verville Fellow in Aeronautics of the National Air and Space Museum. Most recently he has been both Senior Advisor to the Office of the Air Force Chief Scientist, and Senior Advisor for Air and Space Issues for the Directorate of Security, Counterintelligence, and Special Programs Oversight, Headquarters Air Force. He served for over ten years as The Air Force Historian. As well, he is a member of the Academic Advisory Panel of the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies, Cranwell, a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a frequent media commentator on aviation and aerospace issues, and lectures and publishes widely on aerospace and defense topics. He is also a Patron Life Member of the Air Force Association
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Gen Richard Hawley,
USAF (Ret)
Gen. Richard E. Hawley retired in 1999 as the commander of Air Combat Command with headquarters at Langley Air Force Base, VA. The command organizes, trains,
equips and maintains combat-ready forces for rapid deployment and employment while ensuring strategic air defense forces are ready to meet the challenges of
peacetime air sovereignty and wartime defense. The general entered the Air Force in 1964 following graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy. Prior to this
assignment, he was commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Allied Air Forces Central Europe with headquarters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. He also commanded
an Air Force group, a wing and U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, with headquarters at Yokota Air Base, Japan. He served as a forward air controller at Pleiku
Air Base, South Vietnam, where he flew 433 combat missions.
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Michael V. Hayden,
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Michael V. Hayden became the 18th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on 30 May 2006. As DCIA, he leads the Agency and
manages the Intelligence Community’s HUMINT and open source collection programs on behalf of the DNI. After 39 years in the U.S.
Air Force, Director Hayden retired from active duty on 1 July 2008 with the rank of General. Director Hayden has wide experience
in leadership positions throughout the Intelligence Community. He was the first Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence. Prior to that, he served for six years as Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service. Director Hayden was Commander of the Air Intelligence Agency and Director of the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center. He served as Director, Intelligence Directorate, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany. Director Hayden also has held senior staff positions at the Pentagon, the National Security Council, and the U.S. Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria, as well as serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for United Nations Command and U.S. Forces Korea. He entered active duty in 1969 as a distinguished graduate of the Reserve Officer Training Corps program. Director Hayden holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and a Master’s degree in modern American history from Duquesne University.
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Dr. Linda Henman
President, Henman Performance Group
Dr. Linda Henman speaks from experience. For more than 30 years, she has helped executives and boards of directors in military organizations, small businesses, and
Fortune 500 Companies improve performance. Some of her clients include Tyson Foods, Emerson Electric, Nestles, Kraft, the US Air Force, and Boeing. Linda is president
and founder of Henman Performance Group, a consulting firm that specializes in strategy formulation, organizational development, succession planning, and leadership
effectiveness. She holds a Ph.D. in organizational systems, two Master of Arts degrees in both interpersonal communication and organization development, and Bachelor
of Science in communication. Much of her success can be attributed to her exceptional ability to collaborate with senior leaders to help them get to the heart of what
is holding the organization back. By combining her experience as an organizational consultant with her education in business, she offers her clients solutions that are
pragmatic in their approach and sound in their foundation.
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Dr. Howard M. Hensel
Professor, Air War College
Dr. Howard M. Hensel has been a Professor on the faculty of the Air War College since 1986 and currently serves as the Deputy Chair and Course Director for the Department of Strategy and Leadership. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Hensel
has served in previous years as the Academic Director of the Air War College's Electives Program , Director of Strategy, Director of International Security Studies, and
Director of Soviet Studies. He received his B.A. degree in history from Texas A&M University, his M.A. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia, and his PhD in
government from the University of Virginia. Before joining the faculty of the Air War College, Dr. Hensel served as Visiting Professor of National Security Affairs at the
Air Command and Staff College. His areas of specialization include: international relations, comparative government, Russian/Soviet area studies, military history and
strategy, political philosophy, and the law of armed conflict.
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Dr. Nayantara Hensel
Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics, Naval Postgraduate School
Dr. Nayantara Hensel is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance at the Graduate School of Business and Public Policy at the US Naval Postgraduate School.
She received her B.A. from Harvard University. She received her M. A. and Ph.D. in Business Economics also from Harvard University. Prior to joining the faculty at the
US Naval Postgraduate School, Dr. Hensel served as a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young, LLP and the chief economist for one of its units, was a Post-Doctoral Research
Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, taught at Harvard University and the Stern School of Business at NYU, and was an economist at NERA (part of Marsh &
McLennan). Dr Hensel has conducted research on the impact of defense mergers on cost efficiencies, the involvement of the Department of Defense in venture capital, the
determinants of discount rates for military personnel, the impact of online auctions on IPO pricing efficiency, and the impact of size and market structure on efficiency
(economies of scale) in European and Japanese banks.
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Dr. Lani Kass
Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
 Dr. Lani Kass is Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. As the senior civilian assistant to CSAF, Dr. Kass is the principal adviser on policy and strategy and formulates, develops, implements, and communicates the policies, programs and goals of the Air Force.
Prior to her appointment as the CSAF's Special Assistant, Dr. Kass served as the Director of the CSAF's Cyberspace Task Force to investigate cyberspace as a domain and craft recommendations for senior Air Force leadership to deal with the threats in this emerging domain. Her efforts culminated in the decision to stand up Air Force Cyber Command. She continues to share her cyber expertise across the Interagency, industry and academe.
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General Ronald Keys
USAF (Ret)
Gen. Ronald E. Keys retired in 2007 as the Commander, Air Combat Command, with headquarters at Langley Air Force Base, Va., and Air Component Commander for U.S. Joint Forces Command.
General Keys, a distinguished graduate of Kansas State University's ROTC program, was commissioned in 1967 and is an outstanding graduate of undergraduate pilot training.
He has commanded a fighter squadron, the U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, an F-15 wing, an A/OA-10 and F-16 wing, the Combat Air Forces Operational Test and Evaluation
Wing, a numbered air force, and Allied Air Forces Southern Europe. Additionally, General Keys was the first commander of the Air Force Doctrine Center, and he has served as
an executive assistant to the Air Force Chief of Staff and to an Assistant Secretary of Defense. Prior to his current assignment, he was Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and
Space Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. General Keys is a command pilot with more than 4,000 flying hours, including more than 300 hours of combat
time in Southeast Asia.
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General Richard Myers
USAF (Ret)
Gen. Richard B. Myers retired in 2005 as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, he served as the principal military
adviser to the President, the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council. General Myers joined the Air Force in 1965 through the ROTC program at Kansas State
University. He entered pilot training in June 1965 at Vance Air Force Base, Okla. A command pilot, he has more than 4,100 flying hours, primarily in the F-4, F-15 and F-16,
including 600 combat hours in the F-4. The General has commanded at all levels and served in significant staff positions throughout the Air Force. His largest commands
included U.S. Forces Japan and 5th Air Force at Yokota Air Base, Japan; Pacific Air Forces at Hickam AFB, Hawaii; and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, U.S.
Space Command and Air Force Space Command at Peterson AFB, Colo.
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Dr. Robert A. Pape
Professor, Political Science, University of Chicago
Robert A. Pape is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago specializing in international security affairs. His most recent book is Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism.
His commentary on international security policy has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, New Republic, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Bulletin of Atomic
Scientists as well as on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, ABC News, CNN’S Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper and Lou Dobbs, Fox’s John Gipson, CNN International, and NPR.
Before coming to Chicago in 1999, he taught international relations at Dartmouth College for five years and air power strategy for the USAF's School of Advanced Airpower
Studies for three years. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Pittsburgh. His
current work focuses on suicide terrorism, the logic of soft balancing in a unipolar world, and the limits and advantages of precision air power.
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General Michael E. Ryan
USAF (Ret.)
General Michael E. Ryan retired in 2001 as the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force. As Chief, he served as the senior uniformed Air Force officer
responsible for the organization, training and equipage of 700,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces serving in the United States and
overseas. The general entered the Air Force after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has commanded at the squadron, wing, numbered air
force and major command levels. He flew combat in Southeast Asia, including 100 missions over North Vietnam. He also served in staff assignments at
the major command level, Headquarters U.S. Air Force and the Joint Staff. As Commander of 16th Air Force and Allied Air Forces Southern Europe in
Italy, he directed the NATO air combat operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina which directly contributed to the Dayton Peace Accords. Before becoming the
Chief of Staff, the general was Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, with headquarters at Ramstein
Air Base, Germany.
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Dr. Raymond Tanter
Professor, Political Science, Georgetown University
Dr. Raymond Tanter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, is an adjunct scholar of The Washington Institute, researching U.S. policy options
toward Iran. From 1981 to 1982, Dr. Tanter served on the National Security Council staff and was personal representative of the Secretary of Defense to the 1983-1984
arms control talks held in Madrid, Helsinki, Stockholm, and Vienna. Currently, he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. At Georgetown, he teaches courses
on the Arab-Israeli conflict, international security affairs, and ballistic missile defense. Dr. Tanter's recent publications include
Classifying Evil: Bush Administration Rhetoric and Policy toward Rogue Regimes (The Washington Institute, 2003),
Rogue Regimes: Terrorism and Proliferation (St. Martin's, 1999), and Balancing in the Balkans, coauthored with John Psarouthakis (New York: St.
Martin's Press, 1999).
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Mr. Michael G. Vickers
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities)
Michael G. Vickers was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities
on July 23, 2007. He is the senior civilian advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense on the capabilities and operational employment of special operations
forces, strategic forces, and conventional forces. He is also the senior civilian advisor on strategic policy, counterterrorism strategy, irregular warfare, and force
transformation. Prior to his current assignment Mr. Vickers served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Studies, at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.
He also was a senior advisor to the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review, and Executive Director of the QDR “Red Team,” which provided an assessment of the QDR for the Deputy
Secretary and Vice Chairman. From 1973 to 1986, Mr. Vickers served as an Army Special Forces Non-Commissioned Officer, Special Forces Officer, and CIA Operations
Officer. During the mid-1980s, Mr. Vickers was the principal strategist for the largest covert action program in the CIA’s history: the paramilitary operation that
drove the Soviet army out of Afghanistan. Mr. Vickers received his B.A., with honors, from the University of Alabama and holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania.
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